Ship of Fools. How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger, Paperback/Fintan O'Toole

For twenty years, Ireland's economic miracle was supposed to be the envy of the world. For years, those with economic power had been investing in a gigantic property bubble. In Ship of Fools Fintan O'Toole tells the story of this dizzying rise and sickening fall. This is the essential analysis of Ireland's economic suicide.